Curtain rod and bracket.



w. H. EDSALL. CURTAIN ROD AND BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.Z| 1916- Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

WILLIAM H. EDSALL, OF WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO H. L. JUDD COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Application filed August 2, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. EDSALL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Wallingford,New Haven county, Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Curtain Rod and Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved curtain rod and bracket, and is directed mainly to improving that style of a rod and bracket such as set forth and claimed in U. S. Letters Patent to G. T. S. Spokes, numbered 1,195,409, dated August 22nd, 1916.

The present improvement has for its object the providing of certain improved interlocking features which render it easy to attach the bracket and which adds to the security of said attachment when made.

In the drawings: Figure l is a plan view partly in section showing my invention as in use. Fig. 2 shows a single bracket in end and side elevation. Fig. 3 is a side view of one end of the curtain rod.

1 represents the window or other casing to which the curtain rod and brackets are to be attached, one bracket being used for each end of the rod. In this particular instance, I have shown a bracket of the single rod type, that is to say, a bracket adapted to carry a single rod, but obviously the bracket fastenings may be duplicated to carry two or more rods in the manner set forth and illustrated in the aforesaid patent, such a duplication being too obvious to require special illustration herein. The curtain rod is preferably relatively flat and preferably comprises two telescopic sections 2-3, one sliding on the other for adjustment to window casings, or passages of different widths. In this particular instance, the ends of the rod are bent or curved back so that the middle portion of the rod will be offset. Each bracket comprises a suitable base 1 from which projects a rod carrying arm 5 which carries a suitable stop or laterally projecting rod support 6 preferably' near the base. It also carries a laterally projecting pivot stud 7 constructed with a suitable head 8, said stud being located preferably at a point outside of the support 6. The rod end attached to said pivot is provided with a suitable opening to pass over said head and to interlock under the same. In this instance, the head 8 is round, and the opening in the rod is in the form of a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 2, 191 7.

Serial No. 112,698.

slot larger at one end than at the other, so as to form what is commonly known as a key-hole slot or passage. The larger end of the opening is of suiiicient size to pass over the head, while the narrower end thereof is of less width than the diameter of the head. Thus, when the stud 7 stands in the narrower end, the rod Will be locked against lateral displacement.

In operation for assembling, the rod is first placed on the bracket in the position indicated in vertical dotted lines, Fig. 2, the said rod being passed over the stud and then shifted to a position where the shank of the stud rests in the narrower part of the slot. The rod is then swung down into the position shown in horizontal dotted lines, wherein the extreme end of the rod engages against the stop 6 so that said rod will be supported in the desired position, usually horizontal. If desired, and in the preferable form, the stop 6 is curved, as shown, so as to cooperate. with the stud in holding the rod in place against lateral displacement. Again, if desired, suitable means may be provided to so hold the rod in its final operating position against being tilted up, for example, the outer end of the'stop may be curled under sufficiently to make it necessary to snap the rod into the embrace of the curved stop thus holding said rod friction ally against being accidentally tipped or tilted up. lVhen the rod is in the operative position, it is obvious that the stud will stand in the narrower end of the key-hole slot, because in such position the rear end of the rod will rest against the base A which will serve to hold the rod in this stud engag mg position.

Obviously, a variety of changes in the various parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a curtain rod bracket, a base having a rod carrying arm, a laterally projecting pivot carried thereby, and a laterally projecting rod support carried thereby but at a different distance from the base than said pivot, said pivot and lateral supports cotion, and to engage underneath the head when said rod is in another position.

3. In a curtain rod bracket, a base having a rod carrying arm, a laterally projecting pivot carried thereby, and a laterally projecting rod support carried thereby but at a different distance from thebase than said pivot, said pivot and lateral supports cooperating to engage and hold the rod, and means carried by said pivot also cooperating with'the rod to hold the same, with means to frictionally hold said rod against accidental tilting movement when the same is in operative position on said bracket.

l. In a curtain rod bracket, a base having a rod carrying arm, a laterally projecting pivot carried thereby, and a laterally projecting rod support carried thereby but at a different distance from the base than said pivot, said pivot and lateral supports cooperating to engage and hold the rod, and means carried by said pivot also cooperating with the rod to hold the same, with means to fricti'onally hold said rod against accidental tilting movement when the same is in operative position on said bracket, said means comprising a yielding inturned extension at the end of said rod support.

5. In a curtain rod and bracket, a bracket element having a base, a rod carrying arm carried by said base, a laterally extending headed stud carried by said arm, a laterally projecting over-hanging rod support carried by said arm between said stud and pivot, and a rod element having a key-hole passage arranged longitudinally of the rod and near the end, the narrower end of said passage being nearest the end, the wider end of said passage being sufliciently large to pass over said head, the narrower end being of less width than the width of said head, the shank of said headed stud resting in the narrower part of said slot when the bracket element and rod element are in 0perative position.

6. In a curtain rod and bracket, abracket elementhaving a base, a rod carrying arm width than the width of said head,'the shank of said headed stud resting in the narrower part of said slot when the bracket element and rod element are in operative position, the end of said rod being held by said base against longitudinal displacement from said position when the parts are assembled.

7. In a construction of the character described, .the comblnation of a bracket having a headed stud projecting therefrom, a

lug projecting from said bracket adjacent the base and above the level of said stud in combination with a rod-having a keyhole slot for connection with said stud, the end of said rod being adapted to engage beneath said lug, said bracket and rod having 00- operating parts in addition to said lug and said stud for preventing accidental disengagement of said rod from said bracket.

8. In a construction 01": the character described, the combination of a bracket having a base, a stud and a lug, a rod having an elongated slot adjacent the end for connection with said stud, the end of said rod being adapted to be engaged beneath said lug,

said bracket and said rod having coiiperating portions yieldingly holding said rod and said bracket incooperative relation.

WILLIAM H. EDSALL.

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